Debilitate meaning
To debilitate is defined as to weaken, make ill or destroy.
When an illness wears you down and makes you ill, this is an example of a time when the illness debilitates.
verb
To sap the strength or energy of; enervate.
verb
To make weak or feeble; enervate.
verb
Origin of debilitate
Latin debilitatus, past participle of debilitare (“to weaken, debilitate”), from the adjective debilis (“weak”), from de- + habilis (“able”).